Did you know: Facts about your heart

Fun facts about the human heart!

You have:

  • 100,000km of blood vessels
  • Your capillaries are 1/10th the size of a human hair
  • Your heart beats 115,200 times a day (imagine?)
  • 42 million beats a year
  • 7300 litres of blood a day
  • 2.7 million litres a year

Truly we are fearfully and wonderfully made!

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Originally published on https://www.facebook.com/SallyAnnCreedSA/ in 2020.

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